PLEBISCITE BACKED: Bronze medalist Chi Cheng wants other Taiwanese athletes to be able to compete under the name ‘Taiwan’ as she did at the 1968 Mexico Games
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 16, 2018
By: Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
Pro-independence groups yesterday renewed their call for a referendum to rename the
Olympic bronze medalist Chi Cheng yesterday speaks next to a framed display of her medals at a news conference at the National Taiwan University Alumni Hall in Taipei to promote the renaming of the nation’s sports team to “Taiwan.” Photo: CNA
national sports team from “Chinese Taipei” to “Taiwan” when participating in the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
A coalition that includes the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU), the Social Democratic Party, World United Formosans for Independence, some Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers and the Lee Teng-hui Association for Democracy urged the public to join the referendum initiative as part of a name rectification movement.
The nation’s athletes have participated in the Olympics under the names “Taiwan,” “Formosa” and “Republic of China (ROC),” but delegations also withdrew from some Games due to controversies over their titles until the term “Chinese Taipei” was adopted in 1981. [FULL STORY]
